NORTHWESTERN, ON – The Industrial Rd, a.k.a. Hwy 625 or Caramat Road, has been the subject of much lobbying, debate and buck passing since the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources quietly ended it’s maintenance of the Road in Spring of 2013 eventually resulting in the road becoming [Read more]
Addisyn in the pool with her new swim leg. Submitted photo. GERALDTON, ON – Being a left leg amputee hasn’t stopped Addisyn Franceschini, 7, of Geraldton, from living a full and active life. In fact, she can do everything everyone else can do, sometimes with the help of a special device. With [Read more]
CLICK PLAY in viewer above to watch special from: From SportsnetCanada Geraldton Composite High School’s hockey teams welcome the Whale Cove Whalers from Nunavunt. Article/Photos by Dan Robsen : Ten kids. 7,200 kilometres. One epic road trip. (clicking will take you to the post on [Read more]
GREENSTONE, ON – Officials at the Geraldton District Hospital and the Thunder Bay District Health Unit have declared an outbreak of a respiratory illness on the John Owen Evans Residence located at the Geraldton District Hospital. All admissions, transfers, discharges and social activities on [Read more]
SCHREIBER, ON – The North Shore Stars just wrapped up another great season with a silver medal finish at the Ontario Women’s Hockey Association Annual Provincial Tournament in Toronto from April 10th – 13th The Stars finished the round robin play with an impressive first place total [Read more]
Volunteer Names Inscribed on Tree of Life by Edgar J. Lavoie GREENSTONE, ON – Monday, April 7th, nearly 80 people gathered, in the lobby of the Geraldton District Hospital for its annual Volunteer Appreciation Social. Hospital CEO Kurt Pristanskiat noted the significant increase of those [Read more]
NORTHSHORE/GREENSTONE, ON – Spring weather continues to make travelling difficult in the area as Highway 17 was closed earlier today due to thawing snow and ice. Highway 17 was closed to traffic at Terrace Bay to westbound traffic, and eastbound at Rainbow Falls because of water over the [Read more]
Ontario Government Building Stronger Communities, Creating Jobs The Ontario Liberal government is investing more than $3 million to support improvements to three critical infrastructure projects in Thunder Bay-Superior North. The province is supporting these improvements through the Small, Rural [Read more]
11:16 AM EST Sunday 02 March 2014 Wind chill warning for Manitouwadge – Hornepayne – Geraldton – Longlac – Caramat – Nakina – Aroland – Pagwa Wind chill values in the minus 40S tonight and Monday morning. Temperatures are forecast to drop to near or [Read more]
The North Shore Stars travelled to Sudbury over the weekend of February 14th – 16th competing in the Sudbury District Girls Hockey Association Snowflake Challenge Hockey Tournament. Our girls worked hard going through the round robin undefeated and then winning the final game against Timmins on [Read more]
Winter storm watch for Nipigon – Rossport – Schreiber – Marathon – Manitouwadge – Hornepayne – Nakina – Aroland – Pagwa – Geraldton – Longlac – Caramat 3:31 PM EST Wednesday 19 February 2014 Potential for 25 to 30 cm of snow [Read more]
A mining company and a construction and mining services company have been fined under the Public Lands Act for illegally building a mining camp. Vancouver-based Fancamp Explorations Ltd. pleaded guilty and Webequie Logistics Ltd. of Thunder Bay was found guilty of carrying out construction work [Read more]
Thanks to reader Mitch Ouellet for sending in the Moosecalac 2014 Schedule! Send in your photos/videos from your local winter carnival on the Northshore or Greenstone to Editor@OntarioNewsNorth.com to see them featured here next week! Happy Moosecalac 2014!! [Read more]
Cloud Bay – Dorion – Nipigon – Rossport – Schreiber – Marathon – Manitouwadge – Caramat – Geraldton – Longlac – Pukaskwa Park – White River – Hornepayne – Dubreuilville – Wawa 11:12 AM EST Monday 27 [Read more]
By Chris Hewson The Schreiber North Star Midget Girls improved their tournament record to 2 wins in as many starts this season. Our girls played in the 14th Annual Kathy Sanders Memorial Girls Hockey Tournament in Dryden over the weekend of January 10 – 12th. In addition to the North Stars, [Read more]
